YouTube opens up

YouTube has updated its tools for outside developers to integrate the popular video sharing site into their sites and services.

It means, for instance, that users inside the virtual world Gaia can watch YouTube videos in a virtual theater with their friends. And as players create their creatures in the upcoming EA game Spore, they will be able to upload clips of their creations directly to YouTube.

The update also applies to TiVo, which plans to offer YouTube clips through its broadband-connected digital video recorders.